Hello Market Tycoon players,
We first want to apologize for taking too long to bring you this update, we underestimated how much work was needed to get the new item placing system ready for Steam Workshop. But enough excuses here is to a new time with faster more frequent updates.
As you know, we are working to support Steam Workshop on Market Tycoon. As said before we didn't plan for the game to be this big, and there were no plans to add workshop/mod support when we first started developing the game. For the past 5 months, many-core game code was changed to accommodate Steam Workshop. And in this update, you will start to see the results.
So, what is new in this update?
Mainly, it's a new item placing system. On previous versions of Market Tycoon, every item had a preset list of where it can be put, how the items are configured in the shelf and a preset amount in each set. With this update information about the item and where you are trying to place it is fed to the new system and the game will automatically figure out if the item can physically be placed on the shelf and how to configure the item within the shelf. You will also be able to choose how many items to place using the arrow keys to add or subtract items. The system isn't perfect yet, there is still room for improvements and in a feature update you will have the option to chose how to configure the item from a normal style to a pyramid style or some other ways.
We believe this will drastically change how Market Tycoon is played by finding the best way to maximize profits and minimize expenses by choosing how much exactly of an item you want to be placed.
We have also split the items into more categories and they are,
- Fruits & vegetables
- Snacks
- Breakfast & Cereals
- Bakery
- Beverage
- Meat & Meals
- Grains & Pasta
- Soups
- Canned Food
- Condiments
- Dairy
- Household Essentials
- Pet Supplies (No items available in this category as of this update)
- Health and Beauty (No items available in this category as of this update)
- Clothing (No items available in this category as of this update)
- Electronics (No items available in this category as of this update)
- Auto (No items available in this category as of this update)
- Other
When is Steam Workshop coming?
In the next update. We have already begun working on it a few weeks ago. The tool is almost done it just needs a little more work and UI. Here is a sneak peek at the tool
as you can clearly see the tool is still in work but the main controls are there. The final version of the tool will not like that at all.
What will I be able to do with this tool?
With its first release, you will be able to add items to Market Tycoon and share it with the community. The tool will be very easy to use all you will have to do is upload a 3D model, verify/add textures, verify/modify size and rotation, and fill the information and you are done. You will then be able to share your item on Steam Workshop for other members of the community to download.
We are so excited so what items will be added.
In a feature update, you will be able to not only add items but objects like cashiers, shelves, fridges, freezer, and decorations you will also be able to add wall and floor paint as well.
As for adding market models, there are plans for that too but it might take longer due to the many variables associated with adding a market model. We would rather work on adding more gameplay features at this stage than developing a tool for adding markets. However, we will add more markets for you to play in a feature update. We will run a poll on our Discord channel to see what you guys want to see next.
Please note that markets saved prior to this update might not work as expected or might not load. New games made with this version will work just fine.
If you found any bugs please report them using the in-game bug reporter.
Thank you for your patience for this update. We will try our best to bring you Steam Workshop as soon as possible.
